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* Add cairo_show_surface_mask, and make everything respect current
alpha. This means the equation should be something like:
((PATTERN IN ALPHA) IN (SHAPE IN CLIP)) OP DEST
Except where IN may not be the right operator for clipping for some
choices of OP.
* Fix the rendering equation (or implementation) so that clipping
works as expected.
* Implement a hidden transform, (as per the result of the hidden
offset thread on the mailing list).
* Replace PNG backend with an image_surface function to save a PNG
image.
* Clean up the API in preparation for freezing and release.
* Implement a PDF backend.
* Make a more interesting PS backend, (other than the current
"giant-image for every page" approach).
* Figure out what to do with DPI for image/png backends.
* Change stroke code to go through one giant polygon. This will fix
problems with stroking self-intersecting paths.
* Implement cairo_stroke_path, (very easy to do after the above change
is done).
* Re-work the backend clipping interface to use geometry rather than
images.
* Fix the intersection problem, (see reference to Hobby's paper
mentioned in cairo_traps.c).
* Add a new cairo_text_glyphs function (a sort of bridge between the
toy and the real text API):
> void
> cairo_text_glyphs (cairo_t *cr, const unsigned char *utf8,
> cairo_glyph_t *glyphs, int *num_glyphs);
>
> with num_glyphs as an input-output parameter. The behavior of this
> function would be such that calling:
>
> cairo_text_glyphs (cr, string, glyphs, &num_glyphs);
> cairo_show_glyphs (cr, glyphs, num_glyphs);
>
> would be equivalent too:
>
> cairo_show_text (cr, string);
>
> as long as the original size of glyphs/num_glyphs was large
> enough.
* Implement dashing for cairo_curve_to.
* Implement support for programmatic patterns, (ie. figure out how to
do gradients the Right Way).
* Implement cairo_arc_to.
* Fix support for old X servers so that it is not swamped with image
transport. The key idea is to assume that nothing external to cairo
will be drawing to the same drawable after it is handed to
cairo. Beyond that, we might actually provide support for cooperating
with external entities by adding one or more of the following
functions:
cairo_flush
cairo_erase
cairo_mark_dirty
* Re-implement the trapezoid rasterization algorithm according to the
new "specification".
* Stroking closed, degenerate paths should still draw caps. Round
caps are easy; square should probably draw an axis-aligned square.
* It would be nice if the user had a mechanism to reliably draw custom
caps. One approach here would be to provide the coordinates of the
butt cap faces so that the user can append seamless caps to the
current path. We may also need to provide the coordinates of the
faces of every dash as well.
* Should add geometry pruning as appropriate.
* We need a way to get at the image data after something
like cairo_surface_create_similar with the image backend.
* Three suggestions from Owen that will help GTK+ performance:
- The ability have an additional rectangle-list clip in the
Xlib surface. Frequently during an expose event, GTK+ is
drawing L shaped areas
XXXXXX
X.....
X.....
And passing the real clip to the server is going to save
a lot of pixel operations that will be thrown away.
- The ability to pass in a width/height to cairo_xlib_surface_create()
to avoid a round-trip. (Round-trips are bad to the point where
querying the the server is something you don't want to do in
production software)
- More of a future thing, the ability to hint to to cairo that
the contents of the Xlib surface passed to
cairo_xlib_surface_create() are a solid fill ... this is
very much the normal case for GTK+ usage and allows for
big optimization in the no-RENDER case.
(see http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2003-March/msg00045.html
* Verification, profiling, optimization.
centi_unfinished.svg may provide a good test case.
A comparison with PostScript
============================
Here's a list of several classes of PostScript operators indicating
which operators have rough equivalents in cairo and which do not. In
general, the name of a cairo function corresponding to a PostScript
operator can be obtained by inserting a '_' between each word and
prefixing it with "cairo_". For example, "cairo_move_to" corresponds
to the PostScript "moveto".
In cases where the name of the cairo function deviates from this
convention, or when the behavior of the cairo function is
significantly different, the change is noted in parentheses below.
This list is not exhaustive, (there are definitely some minor (major?)
semantic deviations that are not noted below). Also, this list is
almost certainly out of date with respect to the current cairo
implementation. Caveat lector.
Operators that are not yet in cairo, but probably should be: arcto,
strokepath, rectclip?, clipsave/restore?, setstrokeadjust?,
currentdash, grestoreall?, initgraphics?, currentgstate?, setgstate?,
erasepage?, setsmoothness?
Painting operators
------------------
in cairo: stroke, fill, eofill (set_fill_rule/fill), image
(show_surface)
not in cairo: erasepage, rectstroke, rectfill, shfill, colorimage,
imagemask
Path construction operators
---------------------------
in cairo: arc, arcn (arc_negative), newpath, moveto, rmoveto
(rel_move_to), lineto, rlineto (rel_line_to), curveto, rcurveto
(rel_curve_to), closepath, currentpoint, charpath (text_path),
pathforall (current_path), flattenpath (current_path_flat)
not in cairo: arct, arcto, reversepath, strokepath, clippath, pathbbox
Clipping
--------
in cairo: clip, eoclip (set_fill_rule/clip)
not in cairo: initclip, rectclip, clipsave, cliprestore
Graphics state operators
------------------------
in cairo: setlinewidth, currentlinewidth, setlinecap, currentlinecap,
setlinejoin, currentlinejoin, setmiterlimit, currentmiterlimit,
setdash
not in cairo: setstrokeadjust, currentstrokeadjust, currentdash
Color specification operators
-----------------------------
in cairo: setrgbcolor, currentcolor
not in cairo: setcolor, setgray, currentgray, currentrgbcolor,
sethsbcolor, currenthsbcolor, setcmykcolor, currentcmykcolor,
setcolorspace, currentcolorspace
Form and pattern operators
--------------------------
in cairo: setpattern, makepattern (lock_pattern)
not in cairo: execform
Whole-state manipulation
------------------------
in cairo: gsave (save), grestore (restore)
not in cairo: grestoreall, initgraphics, gstate, currentgstate,
setgstate
Coordinate system and matrix operators
--------------------------------------
in cairo: identmatrix (identity_matrix), initmatrix (default_matrix),
setmatrix, translate, scale, rotate, concatmatrix, currentmatrix,
transform (transform_point), dtransform (transform_distance)
not in cairo: matrix, defaultmatrix, concat, itransform, idtransform,
invertmatrix
Insideness testing
------------------
in cairo: infill, instroke, ineofill (set_fill_rule/in_fill)
not in cairo: inufill, inustroke, inueofill
Device setup
------------
in cairo: showpage, copypage
not in cairo: setpagedevice, currentpagedevice, nulldevice
Glyph and font operators
------------------------
in cairo: currentfont, definefont (font_create_for_ft_face),
undefine_font (font_destroy), findfont (font_create), makefont
(transform_font), setfont, scalefont, selectfont, show (show_text),
stringwidth (x/y in text_extents), xyshow (glyph_show -- but ignoring
current_point and using absolute positions)
not in cairo, (and likely not needed): composefont, rootfont, ashow,
widthshow, awidthshow, xshow, xyshow, yshow, glyphshow, cshow, kshow,
FontDirectory, GlobalFontDirectory, StandardEncoding,
ISOLatin1Encoding, findencoding, setcachedevice, setcachedevice2,
setcharwidth
Graphics state operators (device-dependent)
-------------------------------------------
in cairo: setflat (set_tolerance), currentflat (current_tolerance)
not in cairo: sethalftone, currenthalftone, setscreen, currentscreen,
setcolorscreen, currentcolorscreen, settransfer, currenttransfer,
setcolortransfer, currentcolortransfer, setblackgeneration,
currentblackgeneration, setundercolorremoval,
currentundercolorremoval, setcolorrendering, currentcolorrendering,
setoverprint, currentoverprint, setsmoothness, currentsmoothness
PostScript operators never to be in cairo
-----------------------------------------
Operator Stack Manipulation Operators, Arithmetic and Math Operators,
Array Operators, Packed Array Operators, Dictionary Operators, String
Operators, Rational,Boolean,and Bitwise Operators, Control Operators,
Type,Attribute,and Conversion Operators, File Operators, Resource
Operators, Virtual Memory Operators, Miscellaneous Operators,
Interpreter Parameter Operators, Errors, User Path Operators